BSOD While playing Multiple Games

[zigzag3143]

No Kernel Memory Dump files being produced upon BSOD?



For dumps to be produced. . .
▪ Page file must be on OS drive
▪ Page file base allocation size must be > than installed physical RAM
▪ Windows Error Reporting (WER) system service should be set to MANUAL
▪ Set page file to system managed, OS drive

Set System Crash/ Recovery Settings to "Kernel Memory Dump" - this will produce. . .
--> a Full Kernel Memory Dump - c:\windows\memory.dmp
--> a Mini Kernel dump c:\windows\minidump

The Full Kernel is overwritten each BSOD; a new mini kernel dump is created w/ different name for each BSOD

Thanks to jcgriff2

 

[kardius]

No Kernel Memory Dump files being produced upon BSOD?



For dumps to be produced. . .
▪ Page file must be on OS drive
▪ Page file base allocation size must be > than installed physical RAM
▪ Windows Error Reporting (WER) system service should be set to MANUAL
▪ Set page file to system managed, OS drive

Set System Crash/ Recovery Settings to "Kernel Memory Dump" - this will produce. . .
--> a Full Kernel Memory Dump - c:\windows\memory.dmp
--> a Mini Kernel dump c:\windows\minidump

The Full Kernel is overwritten each BSOD; a new mini kernel dump is created w/ different name for each BSOD

Thanks to jcgriff2

I haven't messed with any of the Page File settings, though I have wanted to because of my SSD. I checked all those settings, and they seem to be set properly.

When I am checking the Startup and Recovery settings, when I click OK to leave the menu, it brings up a "Windows might not be able to record details that could help identify system errors because your current paging file is disabled or less than 400 megabytes..." Not sure how I go about fixing that.

Edit:
I am switching my graphics card out for an older one. I'm still weary about it. I am really thinking it is what is causing the underlying issue. I only believe this, cause when I RMA'ed the first one, i used an older graphics card and had no real issue with it. :\ So either I've gotten unlucky twice with graphics cards, Radeon makes $!!# drivers, or something else is the underlying issue. But this will allow me to test if my NVIDIA card works.

I originally used an older Radeon card, and got the system to crash.. But that was from overheating. So hopefully I can test this way.

 

[zigzag3143]

Page file is changed in system control panel and it is the reason you arent having any luck with the DMP files.

 

[kardius]

OK. Do I change it with "Custom size"? It's currently set at 8159 MB, but that's letting the "System Managed size" do it's thing. What should I set Initial too, and Maximum to?

 

[writhziden]

It should be set to Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.

 

[kardius]

I'm not at home on my desktop to tell you want the settings are atm.

I know that originally it was set to automatically manage the paging size. But that's not producing Blue Screens when my computer crashes...

Someone suggested over-heating crashing, but I've never seen my anything in my PC go over 40C. Someone also suggested it could be my PSU, but I bought a higher PSU to make sure I had enough getting through. I don't know how to test if it's the PSU causing issues though.

I feel like it has something to do with my card being PCIe 3.0...Granted I have 2 PCIe 3.0 ready slots. I've tested both slots and the card crashes while gaming in both. :sarc: So I really don't know. I'm running a PCIe 2.0 Card, and not really having any issues with it, except that it runs hot. But it's always ran hot. Stupid older card, with crappy fan. So I am just stumped entirely. -.-;

I know my mobo has a new BIOs out, but I did not see it mentioning anything about PCIe 3.0 slots... SO I am kind of trying to avoid flashing new BIOs into it.
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 is the mobo I am using.

 

[zigzag3143]

Your BIOS is dated 2/15

You might want to remove the OC at least to test.


BiosVersion = 3201
BiosReleaseDate = 02/15/2012

MaxSpeed: 3300
CurrentSpeed: 3399

 

[kardius]

Set the File Page size to be managed by the computer.
Put the New GPU back in the computer.
Set the clock settings back to normal, as far as I know. I was using the ASUS ez overclock or something another, and had it set in performance mode.

I contacted the GPU company, and they are suggesting that it might be a motherboard issue. So time to contact ASUS and see what they have to say. -.-;

Edit:

Crashed 15mins into playing Skyrim.

 

[zigzag3143]

Set the File Page size to be managed by the computer.
Put the New GPU back in the computer.
Set the clock settings back to normal, as far as I know. I was using the ASUS ez overclock or something another, and had it set in performance mode.

I contacted the GPU company, and they are suggesting that it might be a motherboard issue. So time to contact ASUS and see what they have to say. -.-;

Edit:

Crashed 15mins into playing Skyrim.

Let us know if we can help

 

[kardius]

Well, it's a been a few weeks since I've been around. I've got good news, and bad news.

The good news... I've managed to make the crashes a little bit less frequent. The bad news... If you can't guess is, I am still crashing.

When I contacted ASUS, they told me to change my BIOs to use PCI-E only for graphics. I didn't know this option was in the BIOs, and it escaped me. Never had to change that before, so didn't think about it. After changing that option, I was able to play Skyrim, without a crash for quite a bit. When I installed FalloutNV, something older than Skyrim, the crashes started happening again. The computer isn't writing any .dmp files, and verifier is running.

I contacted ASUS about it, and they want me to RMA my mobo. :|

So, I am currently waiting for my laptop to come in the mail before I start the process of taking apart my computer to RMA my mobo.

 

[writhziden]

You should also try the steps for Diagnosing basic problems with DirectX.

Those steps include steps to install older DirectX software for older games (see the last step).